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On and August
On August 3
, two massive headlands reared out of
the mists -- great gateways never before
, so far as Hudson knew
, seen by Europeans
.
On August 16
, 1837
, Lincoln wrote Mary
a letter suggesting he would not blame her if she ended
the relationship
.
On August 6
, 1861
, Lincoln signed
the Confiscation Act that authorized judiciary proceedings to confiscate
and free slaves who were used to support
the Confederate war effort
.
On publication of
the latter
, Poirot
was the only fictional character to be given an obituary
in the New York Times ; 6
August 1975 " Hercule Poirot is Dead ; Famed Belgian Detective ".
On 31
August, in the great Charles Alcock-edited magazine Cricket:
A Weekly Record of The Game
, there appeared
a mock obituary:

*
On the second Saturday
in August, people can wander through
the Night Market
in the balmy Summer evening
.
On 11
August 2009
, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck near
the Andaman Islands
, causing
a tsunami warning to go into effect
.
On 20
August 1233
, Andrew had
a meeting with
the legate of Pope Gregory IX
in the woods of Bereg
, and they made an agreement which ensured
the privileges of
the clergy
.
On 19
August 1978 —
the anniversary of
the US backed pro-Shah coup d ' état which overthrew
the nationalists
and popular Iranian prime minister
, Dr
. Mohammed Mossadegh —
the Cinema Rex
, a movie theatre
in Abadan
, Iran
, was set ablaze by four Islamic Revolution sympathizers
in an attempt to help
the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolution
.
On 3 September 1928
, Fleming returned to his laboratory having spent
August on holiday with his family
.
On August 21
, 2009 it
was announced that
the institution had changed its name to Crandall University
in honour of Rev
.
On her return to Haworth
, she met William Weightman ( 1814 – 1842 ), her father's new curate
, who started work
in the parish
in August 1839
.
On August 30
, 2011, Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King
, who correctly predicted
the 2011 Super Bowl
, made his predictions for
the 2011 season
and picked
the Falcons to defeat
the San Diego Chargers
in the 2012 Super Bowl
.
On August 5
, 2008 Dan Haren signed
a four-year
, $ 44
. 75 million deal with
the Diamondbacks worth
a guaranteed $ 41
. 25 million through 2012
and including
a $ 15
. 5 million club option for 2013 with
a $ 3
. 5 million buyout
.
On August 11
, 2008
, Dallas Buck
, RHP Micah Owings
, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to
the Reds (
in last place
in the NL Central
at the time )
in exchange for OF Adam Dunn
.
On August 31
, the Diamondbacks acquired former World Series MVP David Eckstein to fill
the hole
at second base which
was opened after Orlando Hudson
was placed
on the disabled list
.
On 17
August 2008 club chairman
and owner Franco Sensi died after
a long illness ; his place
at the chairmanship of
the club
was successively taken by his daughter Rosella
.
On August 22
, 2008
, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group
.
On 7
August 1919
, Charles Godefroy successfully flew his biplane under
the Arc
.
On August 19
, 1727
, Bradley then embarked upon
a further series of observations using
a telescope of his own erected
at the Rectory
, Wanstead
.
On 3
August 2007
, Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed to be
the tomb of Ahuizotl beneath
a sculpture of Tlaltecuhtli near
the Zócalo
in Mexico City
.
On August 20
, 1902
, President Theodore Roosevelt established
the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve
, which formed
the heart of
the Tongass National Forest that covers most of
the region
.
On August 28
, Nami
and Ahmed al-Haznawi reportedly bothered
a Delray Beach resident
, Maria Siscar Simpson
, to let them through her apartment to retrieve
a towel that had fallen off their balcony onto hers
.
On August 11
, 1973
, DJ Kool Herc
was a D
. J
.
On and 12
On Feb.
12, 1959
, purified corticotropin ( ACTH Gel )
, 20 units daily intramuscularly
, was started but had to be discontinued 3 weeks later because of excessive fluid retention
.
On Nov. 11
, 12, racers will drive their flying shingles
in 5-mile laps over its 500-mile speedboat course
.
On April
12, 1861
, Confederate forces fired
on Union troops
at Fort Sumter
, forcing them to surrender
, and began
the war
.
On June
12, 1776
, a day after appointing
a committee to prepare
a draft of
the Declaration of Independence
, the Second Continental Congress resolved to appoint
a committee of 13 to prepare
a draft of
a constitution for
a union of
the states
.
On April
12, 1961
, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became
the first person to fly
in space
, reinforcing American fears about being left behind
in a technological competition with
the Soviet Union
.

His principal sources are
the Physics ( book 7 ), Metaphysics ( book
12 ),
and the Pseudo-Aristotelian
On the Universe
.
On September
12, 2002
, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
and General Richard Myers
, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
, dedicated
the Victims of Terrorist Attack
on the Pentagon Memorial
at Arlington National Cemetery
.
On May 8
, after going
12 – 17
in 29 games
, the Diamondbacks released manager Bob Melvin
and hired
A. J
. Hinch
.
On 12 March 2007
, it
was purchased for £ 479 million by
a joint venture company
, headed by David Richards
, John Singers
, an American investment banker ;
and two Kuwaiti investment companies
, Investment Dar
and Adeem Investment
.
On 12 March 2007
, a consortium led by Prodrive chairman David Richards purchased Aston Martin for £ 475m ( US $ 848m ).
On July
12, 2010
, Aon announced that it has agreed to buy Lincolnshire
, Illinois
, based Hewitt Associates for $ 4
. 9 billion
in cash
and stock
.
On average
, the plant grows about
12 feet ( 4 meters ) tall
.
On 12 November
, it
was transported from Aegina
, by Vettore Cappello
, the famous Venetian commander
.
On November
12, 2000
, Haznawi applied for
and received
a two-year US B-1 / B-2 ( tourist / business ) visa
in Jeddah
, Saudi Arabia
.
On July
12, 1985
, in conjunction with
a credit card fraud investigation
, the Middlesex County
, NJ Sheriff's department raided
and seized The Private Sector BBS
, which
was the official BBS for grey hat hacker quarterly 2600 Magazine
at the time
.
On the same day of contract signature for
the P-3BR work
, 29 April 2005
, EADS CASA
was also awarded
a contract to supply
12 C-295M medium transport aircraft
.
On 12 July of that year
, the guards escorted
the Bulgarian knyaz for
the first time ; today
, 12 July is
the official holiday of
the National Guard
.
On July 10
, 2006
, a concrete ceiling panel weighing 3 tons ( 2722 kg )
and measuring 20 by 40 ft ( 6
. 1 by
12. 2 m ) fell
on a car traveling
on the two-lane ramp connecting northbound I-93 to eastbound I-90
in South Boston
, killing Milena Del Valle
, who
was a passenger
, and injuring her husband
, Angel Del Valle
, who
was driving
.
On April
12, 2010
the team set
a club record for
the lowest paid attendance
in Camden Yards history
, only 9
, 129 attended
the game versus
the Tampa Bay Rays
On January 17
, 2008
, Selig's contract
was extended through 2012
, after which he planned to retire
, but then decided to stay as commissioner until
the end of
the 2014 season
, a move approved by
the owners
on January
12, 2012
, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday
.
On 12 August the frigates HMS Emerald under Captain Thomas Moutray Waller
, HMS Alcmene under Captain George Johnstone Hope
and HMS Bonne Citoyenne under Captain Robert Retalick arrived off Alexandria
.
On 22 November 2007
, the Nigerian Senate rejected
the transfer
, since
the Green Tree Agreement ceding
the area to Cameroon
was contrary to Section
12 ( 1 ) of
the 1999 Constitution
.
On the third day of battle
, July 3
, fighting resumed
on Culp's Hill
, and cavalry battles raged to
the east
and south
, but
the main event
was a dramatic infantry assault by
12, 500 Confederates against
the center of
the Union line
on Cemetery Ridge
, known as Pickett's Charge
.
0.096 seconds.